''Yale'' is of course a well known surname derived from a [[Welsh]] place name.<ref name="Mathomium">[[Mark T. Hooker]], ''[[A Tolkienian Mathomium]]'', pp. 42-47</ref> This fits right in with Tolkien's comment to the Dutch Translator, [[Max Schuchart]], that there were "'[[Celtic]]' elements in [[Buckland]] and [[Eastfarthing|East-farthing]] names."<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 93</ref> The modern meaning is "fertile upland", based on the location of the best known ''Yale'', the [[wikipedia:commote|commote]] of Iaal in Powys, the traditional home of the kings of Powys.<ref name="Mathomium"/>

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[[David Salo]] has suggested that Yale represents an [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] form *''Geal'', from [[Welsh]] ''[[Wikipedia:Iâl|iâl]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/121|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]}}</ref> This fits right in with Tolkien's comment to the Dutch Translator, [[Max Schuchart]], that there were "'[[Celtic]]' elements in [[Buckland]] and [[Eastfarthing|East-farthing]] names."<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 93</ref>

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''Yale'' is of course a well known English surname derived from a [[Welsh]] place name.<ref name="Mathomium">[[Mark T. Hooker]], ''[[A Tolkienian Mathomium]]'', pp. 42-47</ref> The modern meaning is "fertile upland", based on the location of the best known ''Yale'', the [[wikipedia:commote|commote]] of [[Wikipedia:Iâl|Iâl]] in Powys, the traditional home of the kings of Powys.<ref name="Mathomium"/>

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The Yale was a region of the Shire. The road that emerged from the Woody End descended into the lowlands of the Yale.[1]

Yale is of course a well known English surname derived from a Welsh place name.[6] The modern meaning is "fertile upland", based on the location of the best known Yale, the commote of Iâl in Powys, the traditional home of the kings of Powys.[6]